
Heat Illness Prevention Act of 2025 Is Introduced in Congress: Will It Compel OSHA to Act?
On July 16, 2025, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the “Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025” (S.2298)—also known as the “Heat Illness Prevention Act of 2025” (HIPA)—to direct the secretary of labor “to …